Smart Phones Are The Answer 

Aug 13, 2010, Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

Some experts say the smart phone is the new PC. Considering the number of new models that are released each week, as well as their increased functionality, that may be true. But carriers will have to find a way to manage the inevitable data explosion caused by this growth...

The Future Of Apps Lies In The Enterprise And On TV 

Aug 6, 2010, Daniel Burrus, Burrus Research

The smart-phone market is booming, in part because of the unprecedented growth of consumer-friendly apps. Future successes, though, will come as developers begin producing apps for the enterprise and for televisions...

Turn Your Broadband Wireless Architecture Design Inside Out 

Jul 19, 2010, Khurram P. Sheikh, Powerwave Technologies

An “inside out” deployment strategy addresses the need for high performance, high data throughput, and conservation of almighty battery life indoors first and foremost, and then the seamless extension of this connectivity to the outdoors. One popular choice is the use of a distributed antenna system (DAS) with Wi-Fi...

You Can Benefit From The M2M Revolution 

Jul 1, 2010, Michael Ueland, Vice-President & General Manager, Telit Wireless Solutions

Machine-to-machine (M2M) technology can reduce costs, improve efficiency, increase supplemental revenue opportunities, and support industry-specific initiatives in a host of communications and other wireless applications...

What Are AT Commands? 

Jul 1, 2010, Michael Ueland, Vice-President & General Manager, Telit Wireless Solutions

Derived from the Hayes Command set, AT commands are a set of command-language or instructions that are sent to a cellular module to perform different actions...

Motion Processing: The Next Breakthrough Function In Handsets 

Jul 1, 2010, Steve Nasiri, Shang-Hung Lin, David Sachs, and Joseph Jiang, InvenSense Inc.

Designers can tap six-axis motion-processing solutions based on MEMS technology for a significant leap forward in motion-based applications for next-generation smart phones...

Apple Stays In The Spotlight With iPhone 4 

Jun 29, 2010, Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

While the iPhone 4 isn’t a huge leap beyond its predecessors, key features like its high-resolution display and video calling enable it to live up to the hype and stay a step ahead of its smart-phone competitors...

Bluetooth Moves Beyond The Earpiece To Rule Other Applications 

Jun 28, 2010, Alan Lowne, President, Saelig Co. Inc.
Hazel Doughty, Sales & Marketing Manager, LM Technologies Ltd.

Bluetooth takes its name from the 10th century Danish King Harald Bluetooth, who was influential in uniting Scandinavian Europe when the region was torn apart by wars and feuding clans...

Femtocells To The Rescue! 

Jun 11, 2010, Roger Allan, Contributing Editor

Femtocells promise to eliminate the need to build new, expensive communications towers and improve cellular performance while relieving the burden of the current data explosion...

What’s Better Than An iPhone 4? You’d Be Surprised 

Jun 9, 2010, Louis E. Frenzel, Editor in Chief

Apple’s iPhone 4 may be getting the press this week, but it has some serious competition from the new HTC EVO, which features many of the same features and, in some areas, superior performance...

Sign Up For Mobile Virtualization 101 

Jun 7, 2010, ByRam Sarabu, Open Kernel Labs

Virtualization is a “killer app” enabler, conferring benefits in load balancing, server consolidation, legacy code migration, cross-platform interoperability, and security. Mobile virtualization gives designers many powerful tools to address a variety of device development challenges...

IMS2010 Offers Lots Of Microwave Fun 

Jun 4, 2010, Louis E. Frenzel, Editor-in-Chief

While the International Microwave Symposium typically focuses on military and government microwave technologies, this year’s show served up lots of wireless innovation for the mobile space as well...

Femtocells Spark Consumer Interest And Enter The Mobile Mainstream 

Jun 1, 2010, Simon Saunders, The Femto Forum

Femtocells have moved into the mainstream following deployments by a range of cellular operators around the world. The reason is simple—no other technology can economically provide such a comprehensive improvement to cellular voice and data services....

Navigate The AFE And Data-Converter Maze In Mobile Wireless Terminals 

May 20, 2010, Damian Anzaldo, Maxim Integrated Products Inc.

High-speed and low-speed data converters can be combined into a single device to meet size, cost, and power targets for consumer mobile products. The integrated converter solution, also known as a high-speed analog front end (AFE), integrates all data converters needed to interface with a radio front end...

Use Test To Pave The Way For LTE Network Deployment  

May 17, 2010, Michael McKernan, Spirent Communications’ Wireless

As LTE networks roll out, designers need to keep four significant “pain points” in mind during the design and deployment process. Test can play a large role in easing these challenges...

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